2013 fines

This table contains information about fines published during the calendar year ended December 2013. The total amount of fines is £474,263,738.
Firm or individual finedDateAmountReasoning
JLT Specialty Limited19/12/2013£1,876,000For failing to have in place appropriate checks and controls to guard against the risk of bribery or corruption when making payments to overseas third parties.
Westwood Independent Financial Planners17/12/2013£100,000For communications and suitability failings in relation to geared traded endowment policies (GTEPs).
Christopher Willford11/12/2013£30,000For misconduct in his performance as a CF1 Director.
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
Bank of Scotland plc
11/12/2013£28,038,800For serious failings in the systems and controls governing financial incentives to sales staff.
SEI Investments (Europe) Limited25/11/2013£900,200For failing to arrange adequate protection for client money for which it was responsible.
Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank)29/10/2013£105,000,000For misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Porta Verde Financial Services Limited24/10/2013£25,000For serious failings in its appointed representatives’ sales practices.
Mark Bentley-Leek18/10/2013£525,000For misleading investment advice.
Mustafa Dervish18/10/2013£360,000For misleading investment advice.
Alison Moran30/09/2013£20,000Former compliance officer fined for failing to act with due skill, care and diligence.
ICAP Europe Limited25/09/2013£14,000,000For misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Clydesdale Bank PLC24/09/2013£8,904,000For failing to treat its mortgage customers fairly.
Mr Andrew Jeffery23/08/2013£150,000For a lack of integrity and for failing to deal openly and transparently with the regulator.
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA18/09/2013£137,610,000For serious failings relating to its Chief Investment Office’s "London Whale" trades.
AXA Wealth Services Ltd12/09/2013£1,802,200For failing to ensure it gave suitable investment advice to its customers.
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited and
Aberdeen Fund Management Limited
02/09/2013£7,192,500For failing to identify, and therefore properly protect, client money placed in Money Market Deposits with third party banks.
Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited08/08/2013£525,000For failings in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers
Vandana Madhukar Parikh06/08/2013£45,673For failing to act with due skill, care and diligence in the period leading up to the illegal manipulation of the closing price of securities traded on the LSE by Rameshkumar Goenka.
John Douglas Leslie26/07/2013£28,000For failing to meet minimum regulatory standards in terms of performing significant influence functions with due skill, care and diligence.
Paul David Cable19/07/2013£140,000For failing to put in place insurance policies for a client, and for not passing on the relevant premiums to insurer.
Swinton Group Limited16/07/2013£7,380,400For failings in relation to its telephone sales of monthly add-on insurance products.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V16/07/2013£5,620,300For incorrectly reporting transactions made in the wholesale market.
Jeffrey Simon Bennett12/07/2013£28,000For failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in managing the business of Burlington for which he was responsible in his controlled function.
Michael Coscia03/07/2013£597,993For Market Abuse (market manipulation).
David Thomas Davis05/07/2013£70,258For failing to act with due skill, care and diligence in the period leading up to the illegal manipulation of the closing price of securities traded on the LSE by Rameshkumar Goenka.
Policy Administration Services Limited01/07/2013£2,834,700For poor complaints handling of mobile phone insurance policies sold by Phones 4u Ltd.
Gurpreet Singh Chadda19/06/2013£945,277For deliberately misleading vulnerable customers for personal gain.
Sesame Limited05/06/2013£6,031,200For failing to ensure advice given to customers was suitable and for poor systems and controls.
Christopher John Riches05/06/2013£63,000For conducting regulated activities despite being subject to a requirement.
Xcap Securities Plc31/05/2013£120,900For client asset failings.
J.P. Morgan International Bank Limited10/05/2013£3,076,200For systems and controls failings relating to its provision of retail investment advice and portfolio investment services.
Douglas Jones29/04/2013£13,300For failing to ensure that Which Mortgage had appropriate controls to verify information submitted by clients to support mortgage applications, and for altering certain client files to attempt to mislead the FSA as to the controls.
EFG Private Bank28/03/2013£4,200,000For failing to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering (AML) controls for high risk customers.
Care Asset Management Limited27/03/13£56,000For breach of rules in relation to its sale of products provided by keydata.
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited27/03/13£16,000,000For failing to deal with the FSA in an open and cooperative manner.
Prudential plc27/03/13£14,000,000For Listing Rules breaches.
Lamprell plc18/03/13£2,428,300For Listing Rules breaches.
Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, Lloyds TSB Scotland Plc, and Bank of Scotland plc15/02/13£4,315,000For delayed PPI redress payments.
Nestor Healthcare Group Limited14/02/13£175,000For failing to take adequate steps to ensure that its board members and senior executives complied with the share dealing provisions of the FSA’s Model Code.
UBS AG08/02/13£9,450,000For failings in its sale of an AIG fund.
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc06/02/13£87,500,000For misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Stefan Chaligne24/01/2013£900,000 (and  disgorgement of €362,950)For market abuse (market manipulation).
Patrick Sejean24/01/2013£650,000For market abuse (market manipulation).
Harbinder Panesar15/01/2013£212,237

For misappropriating money from his business and selling worthless policies.

 

Thomas Reeh07/01/2013£10,000For numerous failings in relation to the sale of mortgages and payment protection insurance (PPI).
Christopher Ollerenshaw07/01/2013£50,000For numerous failings in relation to the sale of mortgages and payment protection insurance (PPI).
Co-operative Bank plc04/01/2013£113,300For failing to handle payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints fairly.
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